"Bomb" to be screened as a special invitation at the Helsinki International Film Festival

It has been announced that the film "Bomb" (directed by Nagai Satoshi, scheduled for release on October 31st), starring Yuki Yamada, will be screened as a special invitation on September 24th at the 38th Finland Helsinki International Film Festival in Finland. This will be the film's "world premiere," and it has also been revealed that lead actor Yamada and Sato Jiro, who plays Suzuki Tagosaku, the protagonist's antagonist, are planning to attend the festival in person.

The film was selected for the festival's Asian Cuts showcase. Festival program director Outi Rehn commented, "The film 'Bomb' is a rollercoaster thriller that will tickle your brain from opening to closing credits. The unique and perfect characters played by Yuki Yamada and Sato Jiro are the perfect mind-game entertainment, perfectly suited to the Helsinki Film Festival, whose sub-theme is 'Love and Freedom.' I couldn't be happier to be able to welcome the two of them to Helsinki, the city most fitting for the film 'Bomb,' and hold the world premiere here."

Additionally, nine new stills have been released, capturing tense scenes. Suzuki Tagosaku (Sato) warns of a bomb planted in Tokyo and declares, "Wouldn't it be a big deal if it explodes?" as negotiator Ruike (Yamada) calmly confronts him. The shots capture the breathtaking, extreme psychological battle between the two as they probe each other's intentions. Other shots include one in which police officers Koda (Sairi Ito) and Yabuki (Ryota Bando) demonstrate their perfect teamwork as they race through Tokyo, surviving danger amidst flames and smoke. Other shots capture tense moments with the police in the interrogation room as they attempt to capture Tagosaku, along with local detective Todoroki (Sometani Shota), who is investigating Tagosaku's past, Ruike's superior, Kiyomiya (Atsuro Watabe), and Tagosaku's watchman, Ise (Kanichiro).

The film depicts a battle of wits in an interrogation room between a mysterious bomber and the police, and is based on the best-selling novel "Bomb" (Kodansha) by Wu Shenghao, which ranked first in "This Mystery is Amazing! 2023 Edition" (Takarajimasha) and other publications.

A mysterious middle-aged man is taken into custody after assaulting a store clerk in a drunken state. The man, who calls himself "Suzuki Tagosaku" (played by Sato), claims to have psychic powers and warns of the presence of bombs planted in Tokyo. He warns that, starting with the explosion in Akihabara, three more will occur every hour. While dodging the questions of the negotiator, Ruike (played by Yamada), and the other detectives, he gradually begins to ask mysterious "quizzes" about the bombs.